Payton and Solo are not really the same kind of player athleticism wise. Solo is 255 pounds and Payton is 215 on his best day. Payton is more in the Hogue mold with a splash of Pratt.
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Payton makes a lot of sense if he is paired with Xavier Foster. That allows Xavier Foster to step out and take 3 point shots while Payton sticks to the paint for rebounding. Then defensively Foster can be the rim protector.
Solo is a nice player, but his one weakness for being a post player is rebounding.
Solo is athletic to you?????
Freshman year Solo was pretty athletic. He’s gotten less athletic every year since then. Injuries haven’t helped I’m sure. He’s lost so much of his athleticism and it shows with his rebounding numbers.
Yeah, I've always thought Solomon had his ceiling capped by the cumulative injuries he's suffered. I give him all the credit in the world for making it back, but I feel like he peaked late freshman or early/mid-sophomore year before he ended up hurt. He's never quite been exactly the same as that again.
Solo is STRONG but not athletic.
Junior/senior year Solo, yeah. I do stand by him being athletic as a Freshman and Sophomore though.
As of now looks like Applewhite and Williams are the top priorities with outside shot at Sallis. TBD if the two recent offers turn into mutual high interest.
Warm:
SG Hunter Sallis: UK, UNC, Gonzaga, ISU, KU, UCLA, OR, Creigh 9/1/18; 9/1/18; 6/15/19; 9/14/19
SF Alden Applewhite: Clemson, ISU, Miss St, St. John's, Wake Forest 5/7/20
SF Andrew Williams: ISU, South Carolina, Howard 5/21/20
Recent Offers:
PG Jayden Nunn: 11/17/20
SF Ramses Melendez: 10/21/20
Offers:
CG Wesley Cardet Jr.: Alabama 6/29/18
SF Jordan Shorter: 6/29/18
PF Isaiah Nelson-Ododa: 9/9/19
Interests:
PG Quaran McPherson:
CG Korey Richardson:
SG Taihland Owens:
SG Michael Thomas (JC):
SF Saint Thomas:
SF Kordell Charles:
PF Efton Reid: Virginia, FSU, Gtown, MI, NC State, tOSU, UNC
PF Chris Payton (JC):
C Ryan Riggs: 2/23/19; 3/9/19
Warm:
SG Hunter Sallis: UK, UNC, Gonzaga, ISU, KU, UCLA, OR, Creigh 9/1/18; 9/1/18; 6/15/19; 9/14/19
SF Alden Applewhite: Clemson, ISU, Miss St, St. John's, Wake Forest 5/7/20
SF Andrew Williams: ISU, South Carolina, Howard 5/21/20
Recent Offers:
PG Jayden Nunn: 11/17/20
SF Ramses Melendez: 10/21/20
Offers:
CG Wesley Cardet Jr.: Alabama 6/29/18
SF Jordan Shorter: 6/29/18
PF Isaiah Nelson-Ododa: 9/9/19
Interests:
PG Quaran McPherson:
CG Korey Richardson:
SG Taihland Owens:
SG Michael Thomas (JC):
SF Saint Thomas:
SF Kordell Charles:
PF Efton Reid: Virginia, FSU, Gtown, MI, NC State, tOSU, UNC
PF Chris Payton (JC):
C Ryan Riggs: 2/23/19; 3/9/19
I'm not as much in the know as you are but from the little bit of info I have seen on Williams was that the staff wanted to see more before they would take his commitment, and the interest from both side on Nunn seem like he would be a take.
I don't have any inside info but in Williams top 3 and he is committing on the 20th
Early on yes. He just bulked up and seems to have slowed down quite a bit.
I hope guys like Melendez, Sallis, Applewhite, and Cardet are seeing the success of Horton tucker and Halliburton. The appeal for ISU is right there. Prohm produces when he has talented point guards with a mix of high level recruits and experienced players/ transfers.
I saw THT started following Sallis on Twitter. Maybe he can help seal the deal for Iowa State.